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Tiny travelers from deep space could assist in healing Fukushima's nuclear scarLos Alamos NM (SPX) Oct 18, 2012 Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have devised a method to use cosmic rays to gather detailed information from inside the damaged cores of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, which were heavily damaged in March 2011 by a tsunami that followed a great earthquake. In a paper in Physical Review Letters, researchers compared two methods for using cosmic-ray radiography to gather images of nuclear material within the core of a reactor similar to Fukushima Daiichi Reactor No. 1. The te ... read more |
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  Germans to see big 'green' surcharge hike Germany's quick growth of renewable energy sources will mean a big jump in "green" surcharges for consumers, German energy companies said this week. ... more | .. |
  Argentina blasts rating agencies Argentina lashed out at international rating agencies for critical reports on the country's economy which it said were exploited by financial speculators. ... more | .. |
  Coal investment in Queensland unlikely Mining giant BHP Billiton Chief Executive Officer Marius Kloppers said new investments in the coal sector in the Australian state of Queensland are unlikely under current conditions. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  Maliki mulls ditching Exxon for Russians Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is reportedly thinking of throwing out U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil from the giant West Qurna-1 oilfield for signing an "illegal" production deal with semiautonomous Kurdistan and bringing in Russian companies instead. ... more | .. |
  Maximize Energy Production of Distributed PV Clean Power Research has introduced SolarAnywhere SystemCheck services that provide consistent, real-time PV performance baselines for cost-effective management of distributed PV fleets. With System ... more | .. |
 New Jersey Printing Company Gets Powered by the Sun Solis Partners has completed a 757 kilowatt rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) installation for Carlstadt, N.J.-based Pictorial Corp., one of the nation's fastest growing graphic communications compani ... more | .. |
 MECASOLAR to supply solar trackers MECASOLAR - a multinational company that designs, manufactures and supplies solar trackers, fixed structures and foundation screws - has reached an agreement to deliver 74 single-axis azimuth solar ... more |
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Deep-sea mining negotiators to meet under Trump shadow
'Happy suffering': the Brazilian gold rush that spawned iconic pictures
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 Sutherland Packaging in Green Township Goes Solar GeoGenix has announced that it has completed the installation of a 612-kilowatt rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system for Sutherland Packaging, a family-run packaging company, at its headquarters i ... more | .. |
 3M Introduces 3M Solar Encapsulant Film EVA9000 3M Renewable Energy Division introduces 3M Solar Encapsulant Film EVA9000, a fast cure encapsulant that is designed to work with PV modules to provide protection against UV-aging and weathering whil ... more | .. |
  ASML microchips says paying 1.95 bn euros for US Cymer Dutch microchip manufacturing equipment maker ASML said on Wednesday it was acquiring US company Cymer for 1.95 billion euros to develop equipment for making the next generation of processors. ... more | .. |
  Car-packed Sofia sets EU example with solar car charger Bulgaria's car-packed capital Sofia has set an EU example in the fight against greenhouse gas emissions by installing its first state-of-the-art solar-powered charger for electric cars, the project's managers said Wednesday. ... more |
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 China's Wen: economy starting to stabilise China's Premier Wen Jiabao said the economy began stabilising in the past three months and should meet 2012 targets, state media said Wednesday, a day before third-quarter growth data are released. ... more | .. |
  Australia, India take first steps on nuclear deal Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday agreed to open negotiations to export uranium nuclear fuel to energy-hungry India after meeting her counterpart Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. ... more | .. |
  Mobile commerce lifts eBay profits US online giant eBay said Wednesday third quarter profits edged up two percent from a year ago to $597 million, driven by gains in mobile shopping and payments. ... more | .. |
 Japan PM orders more economic stimulus Japan's prime minister instructed his ministers Wednesday to plan for an economic stimulus reportedly worth up to 1.0 trillion yen ($12.7 billion) as an election hovers into view. ... more |
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Why is there no life on Mars? Rover finds a clue
Third-ever confirmed interstellar object blazing through Solar System
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  Worldwide smartphone users top 1 bn: report Five years after the release of the iPhone, there are now over a billion smartphone users worldwide, according to a report released Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Google opens window to 'where Internet lives' Google on Wednesday gave its users a first-ever view of its data centers, with a virtual visit of its server farms around the world from the US heartland to Finland. ... more | .. |
 Foxconn admits employing underage interns in China Taiwan's Foxconn has admitted employing children as young as 14 on assembly lines at a plant in China, a fresh blow to the tech giant that has been attacked over its treatment of staff after several suicides. ... more | .. |
 Canadians oppose Chinese takeover of energy firm Nearly six in ten Canadians believe their industry minister should block the proposed takeover of Calgary-based oil and gas company Nexen by China's state-owned CNOOC, a poll showed Tuesday. ... more |
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 Fukushima panel chief hopes for change in Japan The head of a hard-hitting panel that blamed cultural factors for the Fukushima nuclear disaster voiced hope Tuesday that the tragedy would help open up Japan's system of government. ... more | .. |
 Intel profits slow, but top lowered estimates US chip giant Intel Corp. on Tuesday reported a decline in profits, reflecting the shift by consumers to newer mobile devices, but managed to beat lowered expectations. ... more | .. |
GDF Suez chief confident in Brazil's electricity market The GDF Suez chief executive said Tuesday his company's stake in the Estreito hydro-electric dam in northern Brazil reflected confidence in the future of the country's booming electricity market. ... more | .. |
 BHP chief says China steel surge has peaked BHP Billiton chief Marius Kloppers said on Wednesday that China's steel surge had peaked and iron ore and steel growth was likely to decline, as the miner delivered a mixed quarterly production report. ... more |
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China says no ambition to build South Pacific military base
US, Japan, India, Australia pledge mineral cooperation on China jitters
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 Physicists crack another piece of the glass puzzle When it comes to physics, glass lacks transparency. No one has been able to see what's happening at the molecular level as a super-cooled liquid approaches the glass state - until now. Emory Univers ... more | .. |
 Pitt Engineers to Design Affordable CO2 Thickener to Augment Oil Extraction Crude oil extraction could be improved significantly and accessible domestic oil reserves could be expanded with an economical CO2 thickener being developed by University of Pittsburgh engineers, th ... more | .. |
 New paper reveals fundamental chemistry of plasma/liquid interactions Though not often considered beyond the plasma television, small-scale microplasmas have great utility in a wide variety of applications. Recently, new developments have begun to capitalize on how th ... more | .. |
  NASA must reinvest in nanotechnology research, according to new Rice University paper The United States may lose its leadership role in space to other countries unless it makes research and development funding and processes - especially in nanotechnology - a renewed and urgent priori ... more |
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 Cadillac to introduce electric gas hybrid U.S. automaker Cadillac says it will introduce an electric/gasoline hybrid car similar to the Chevrolet Volt in 2012, dubbed the Cadillac ELR. ... more | .. |
Iran denies sanctions hitting oil sector Iranian oil industry chief Mohammad-Ali Khatibi has denied an International Energy Agency assessment that Tehran's oil exports fell sharply last month. ... more | .. |
 Apple sets Oct 23 event for expected iPad Mini launch Apple sent out invitations Tuesday for an event in exactly one week's time where the company is widely expected to unveil a new "iPad Mini," a smaller version of its market-leading tablet computer. ... more | .. |
 Microsoft to price new tablet near same as iPad Microsoft said on Tuesday its new Surface tablet computer - designed to challenge Apple's iPad - will be sold at roughly the same price as the market leader. ... more |
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